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Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2011-1212)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68334

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-1212 advisory.

 - [xen] fix off-by-one shift in x86_64 __addr_ok (Laszlo Ersek) [728043 719850] {CVE-2011-2901}
 - [wireless] nl80211: check for valid SSID size in scan operation (Stanislaw Gruszka) [718154 718155] {CVE-2011-2517}
 - [fs] proc: restrict access to /proc/PID/io (Oleg Nesterov) [716827 716828] {CVE-2011-2495}
 - [net] sunrpc: Don't hang forever on NLM unlock requests (Jeff Layton) [709546 709547] {CVE-2011-2491}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-1212.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68334

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-1212.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-2517

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-2482

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-274.3.1.0.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-274.3.1.0.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-274.3.1.0.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-274.3.1.0.1.el5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-274.3.1.0.1.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-274.3.1.0.1.el5xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-274.3.1.0.1.el5debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-274.3.1.0.1.el5pae, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2482, CVE-2011-2491, CVE-2011-2495, CVE-2011-2517, CVE-2011-2519, CVE-2011-2901

BID: 48538, 49141, 49370, 49373, 49375, 49408

RHSA: 2011:1212